The Craft Dragon Hot Foil Press
Hot Foil Type, Slip Cases etc.
Type, Slip
Cases,
Quads & Spacers, Type Trays etc.
We would
encourage you to use our patented
single and half dies
everytime (as they are economical and will save you set up time and money
). However, we also also aware that there may be instances when you will
need to print basic text in a hurry and thus require an alternative
method. Well help is at hand with the introduction of our individual metal
letters (also know as 'Type').
Type is basically individual metal letters which are quickly assembled in
a 'Slip Case' (to hold letters securely in a straight line) and then
inserted into your optional Type Chase, ready for printing.
Type is supplied as a set consisting of Capital Letters, Lowercase
Letters, Numbers and Punctuations. There are usually several letters
for each letter of the alphabet contained within a font (set) with more
emphasis on more frequently used letters in the English Language (e.g.
Vowels such as a, e, i, o, u). Therefore, you are likely to get more of
these vowels then you are of least used letters such as x, y and z's.
Please click here to see
Type Synopsis
and here to see
Type Sizes.
Once you have purchased your initial set, you can buy extra caps only,
lowercase only or figures only - but only as a complete pack and not as
individual letters.
We can also supply '@' symbols as used in e-mail addresses at extra cost.
These are not supplied as standard in any font.
Type is sold in various heights with the most popular sizes being 10pt,
12pt and 18pt. We plan to supply 'off the shelf' typefaces in
these sizes and in five different typestyles - eg:-
10pt Universe Medium (5A/13a)
12pt Plantin Italic (5A/13a)
18pt. Ashley Script (3A/6a)
18pt. Times New Roman (3A/6a)
18pt. Times Italic (3A/6a)
Other sizes and typestyles can be cast for special orders with a lead time
of about 2 weeks. Full payment will be required before we can process
special orders. As these will be special orders, no refunds can be made
for 'change of mind' etc.
To see complete list of Type Styles, please click
here.
If you require a typeface is another font size (other than 10pt, 12pt,
18pt as above), you will also require Slipcases and Quads & Spacers for
use with that particular size. Please ask for prices.
As mentioned above, Type is often used to print basic and simple
text in straight horizontal lines. If you require fancy typestyles or
logos, then you would be best advised to get a plate made either by using
our plate making service or by making your own polymer hot foil plates
using our plate making system.
Type is mainly used to print onto paper, card, leather and pvc, pencils.
However, it is not designed to be used onto pens or hard materials as the
type would wear out very quickly.
Tidy-Rack £64.99+VAT
or £49.99+VAT when you purchase it at the same
time as a Craft Dragon Mcahine.
Tidy-Rack is a product which we had developed for our
ribbon printer
customers who required a compact storage system for holding their foils
for ribbon printing. The Tidy-Rack equally lends itself to holding foils
etc and we feel that it could be useful accessory for the hot foil trade
too. It is particularly suitable to holding the Craft Dragon range of
foils due to the size of the foil being smaller than our own conventional
400 feet of foil. Having said that, it does hold larger foils too by
missing every other hook.
Type Chase £39.99+VAT
Type chase
allows you to assemble and lock lines of type, ready for use on the Craft
Dragon ImPress. This unit neatly slides in to the 'Imp' on our machine.
Spacing Furniture £19.99+VAT
Spacing
furniture are aluminium bars which are used to fill in excess (or unwanted
space) in your type chase. You will receive four aluminium bars and
two stainless steel bars which have been deburred and finished off to a
high standard. Stainless steel bars are used at either end so as to avoid
the clamping screws causing damage to the aluminium bars.
Slip Cases £19.99+VAT each
Our Slip Cases are made from Stainless Steel with clamp screws at
both ends with usable internal length as 100mm (4").
We
will hold 10pt, 12pt and 18pt Slip Cases as standard stock items. Other
sizes to order subject to minimum quantities.
Some used Slip Cases also available in brass (various sizes), please
enquire. price: £14.00+VAT each.
Quads
& Spacers £22.50+VAT each
Quads & Spacers are metal blocks which are used to fill in the excess
space in a slipcase (Quads) and also to leave gaps between words (Spacers
- these are much thinner than the Quads). There are usually plenty quads
and spacers in a pack to be used in several lines of Type.
We
will hold 10pt, 12pt and 18pt Quads & Spacers as standard stock items.
Other sizes to order subject to minimum quantities.
Type
(Metal Letters for printing basic text in horizontal lines)
(Sold as a complete set consisting of Capital Letters, Lowercase Letters,
Punctuations and Figures). Please refer to the 'Type Synopsis' to see how
many letters you will receive in a pack. Please note that this should be
seen as a guide only as some variances can occur from time to time, over
which we do not take any responsibility. Our type is sold subject to these
conditions.
To get a better idea on point sizes,
please click here.
To get an idea on Type
Styles, please click
here.
To get a better idea how
many letters you get in a pack, please
click here (and refer to
5A/13a etc below)
10pt
Universe Medium (5A/13a) £49.99+VAT
12pt Plantin Italic (5A/13a) £63.60+VAT
18pt. Ashley Script (3A/6a) £78.99+VAT
18pt. Times New Roman (3A/6a) £78.99+VAT
18pt. Times Italic (3A/6a) £78.99+VAT
'@' Symbols
are available at £1.50+VAT each. They are available in 6pt, 8pt, 10pt,
12pt and 14pt only.
Extra set of figures/numbers £19.99 per pack.
Numbers are supplied as standard with the Capital letters. A pack of
capital letters or lowercase letters are also available to purchase
individually, price on application.
Tweezers £1.99+VAT each
These plastic tweezers are great for picking up letters assembling them
into Slipcases. As they are plastic, they will not damage or scratch your
metal letters so easily.
Wooden Type Trays
£25.00+VAT each
These are used to stores type in individual compartments for
safe-keeping. Each compartment can store many letters and there are
72 compartments in a type tray.
Plastic Type Trays £7.50+VAT each
There are 24 compartments in each tray. The lid has three plastic hinges
at the rear and two clasps at the front. These trays can easily be stacked
up. The wooden and the plastic type trays can also be used to store
findings, jewellery, buttons, threads etc.
These clever type trays also have pull out section so that you can store
larger items such as Slip Cases, Slip Cases etc. Please see image below
for an example how this Type Tray can be used.
Foils
£3.00+VAT per inch width x 400 feet in length.
We can
either supply smaller length Craft Dragon Foils or our own version which
are 400 feet in length. Whilst the former has more choice of
colours, we have limited the colours for the latter as :-
Metallic Gold, Metallic Silver, Metallic Red, Metallic Blue, Metallic
Green, Metallic Copper, Metallic Black.
Minimum purchase of our foil is 2" in width x 400 feet in length which
equals £6.00+VAT per roll (i.e. £3.00 x 2"). Minimum spend is £10.00+VAT
before shipping costs are added.
This grade of foil has also been tried and tested successfully using our
metal backed polymer plates as well as the QuickTrim polymer plates
without metal backing.
Our plastic type trays are
truly versatile as you can remove compartment sections to house larger
items such as Slip Cases, Spacing Furniture etc.
Make your own hot foil plates
click here to find out how!
Letterpress Type, Hot Foil
Printing Type, Hot Foil Stamping Type,
Slip Cases for holding Type, Quads & Spacers.
Excludes any items already
previously discounted
Click to enlarge
any image
'Tidy-Rack' for holding and
neatly organising your foils.
Type Holder designed and
manufactured exclusively for the
Craft Dragon by CPL
Our Type Holder will accept
Type
as well as type high blocks - all
at once. This image shows you an
example how Type and Blocks
can be held together in the
Type Chase, ready for printing.
Spacing
Furniture designed and
manufactured exclusively for the
Craft Dragon by CPL
Slip Cases stocked in three
different point sizes.
Example of what Metal
Letters
look like (Known as 'Type')
Tweezers for picking and
placing
Type inside Slip Cases.
Wooden Type Tray for
storing Type, Quads & Spacers etc.
Plastic Type Tray for
storing Type, Quads & Spacers etc.
Our special grade foil is
suitable
when using Metal Dies, Polymer
Dies of Type.
Choose how you wish to
print, either
using Metal Dies, Polymer Dies
(Which you make yourself in-house)
or Type (Which you can assemble
yourself for basic printing.